Michael Gau
Office 1Vice Chairperson of Aviation Safety Council of the Republic of China
1blankname 1Chairperson
1namedata 1Chang Yu-hern
Hwung Hwung-hweng
Term start 121 May 2012
Term end 12016
Successor 1Chi Chia-fen
Birth date1963 (age 63–64)
Birth placeTaipei, Taiwan
EducationNational Taiwan University (LLB)
University of Cambridge (LLM)
King's College London (LLM)
Leiden University (PhD)

Michael Gau () is a Taiwanese legal scholar and lawyer. He served as vice chairperson of the Aviation Safety Council from 21 May 2012 and was replaced by Chi Chia-fen in 2016.[1][2]

Early life and education

Gau was born in 1963 in Taipei. He graduated from National Taiwan University with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) in 1987, then completed graduate studies in England, where he earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) specializing in international law from the University of Cambridge in 1990 and a second LL.M. from King's College London in 1991. In 1997, Gau completed his Ph.D. in law from Leiden University in the Netherlands.[3] His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Governmental Representation for Territories in the ICAO: A Case Study".

Career

He has taught at National University of Kaohsiung in 2000–2005, Soochow University in 2005–2010, National Taiwan Ocean University in 2010–2017, Hainan University in 2017-2019 and Wuhan University since 2019.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Curriculum Vitae for Prof. dr. Michael Sheng-ti Gau". 17 April 2013. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-05. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  3. ^ "Michael Sheng-ti Gau". Wuhan University School of Law. Retrieved 29 March 2021.